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.COTTON GLEANER AND FEEDER. No. 312,192. A Patented Feb. 10, 1885.

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JOHN S. DANIELL, OF OONYERS, GEORGIA.

COTTON CLEANER AND FEEDER.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 312,192, dated February 10, 1885.

Application tiled October 9, 1884.

O all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. DANIELL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Conyers, in the county of Rockdale and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cotton Cleaners and Feeders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein t0 the accompanying drawings.

This invention pertains to improvements in combined cotton-cleaners and gin-feeders; and it consists of the detailed construction and combination of parts, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my cotton cleaner and feeder. Fig. 2 is alougitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the opposite side of Fig. l; and Fig. 4. is a plan view of the dust-box, partly broken away to show the dust-flue.

In the construction of my cotton-cleaner and gin-feeder I employ a two-sided receptacle, A, with one end open, and provided in its bottom with an endless feeding slat-ted apron or carrier, B, encompassing rolls a a, arranged at opposite ends of the receptacle. Said receptacle is supported in a slightly-elevated position upon suitable legs or supports, b, fastened thereto. The shaft o`f the front apronroll is journaled in longitudinal slots b in the sides ofthe receptacle A, to permit the longitudinal movement of said roll, whereby the apron may be kept properly stretched. The shaft of the forward apron-roll is provided at one end with a ratchet-wheel, d, (see Fig. 1,) with which engages a pawl, e, hung or pivoted at the point of articulation between the two arms, ff', of ajointed lever, one of said arms being connected to an eccentric. g, ou the shaft g of a large toothed cylinder, C, and through which an intermittent rotary motion is imparted to the said forward roll, whereby the apron receives an intermittently longitudinal motion to effect the feeding of the cotton resting thereon in the receptacle A to the toothed cylinder G. The plane of rotation of the cylinder O being in the direction indicated by the arrow, the cotton will be taken and carried upwardly and over the cylinder and downward, to be treated by the joint action of (No model.)

the teeth D of the smaller oppositely-revolving cylinder D and the teeth h of the crossbar h, the cotton falling first upon the cylinder and its teeth, whence it isvcarried around to the stationary teeth of the cross-bar, the effect of which, as is obvious, is to deprive it of foreign particles and to loosen it. The toothed bar h is secured at the rear end of the receptacle A upon the floor or bottom of the latter.

At the rear end of the receptacle A. inrear of the feedcylinder C, is a screen, C', which is hinged in place at C, and which, while it permits'the dust or other tine particles set free by the action of the cylinder C to meas- Vurably escape, allows ready access to said cylinder to enable it to be conveniently cleaned without removal from its place in the receptacle. 1'

In operating the mechanism the drivingpower is taken from the shaft z' and conveyed to the beltj, encompassing the same, to wheel K, and from thence-around pulley K and the frictional rotary bearing or pulley a. which latter is secured to the hand-lever E. The wheel K has integral therewith a slightly smaller coincident wheel, K2, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3,) which rotates pulley K* by means of belting K, which pulley is rigidly secured to the journal L of auxiliary fan-wheel L', said journal having its bearings in the longitudinal walls of receptacle A.

The auxiliary fan-wheel L is designed to facilitate the removal of dirt, dust, and all light foreign substances from the cotton, and in practice the rotation of said fan-wheel draws atmosphere into receptacle A through the open end thereof and forces it between the racks M beneath a fender, N2, (presently described,) and in direct contact with the cotton undergoing the picking operation, and the cotton being thus subjected to a constant and strong pressure of atmosphere, it is denuded of many foreign substances.

Another means which I employ conjointly with the aforementioned for facilitating removal of foreign substances from the cotton is the dust-flue P, which consists of a shallow triangular box, as shown, having a lateral rear door, P, for removal of dust at inter- IOO vals therein collected. This flue is formed by rigidly securing in the box the bar P2, in-

terposed between and connecting the top and bottom or horizontal sides thereof, the bar 122 extending from the fan parallel with the longitudinal sides of the box to near the remote or narrow end thereof, thus forming a ilue opening into the fan. Thus constructed, the dust that falls through the screen F2 into a dust box or receptacle, F, is sucked with the atmosphere by the action ofthe fan G through the iiue P and carried out through the fan dust-box G. l

E is a lever suitably pivoted at one end to the receptacle A, and having av frictional rotary bearing or pulley, u, which, by suitably manipulating said lever, is capable of being moved against and tightening the loose belt to put the machine into operation. The lever, with its outer lower corner edge entering the coincident one of a series of notches in a notched or serrated bar, o, fastened to the receptacle A, is enabled to be retained at its point of adjustment in acting upon the loose belt.

The fan dust-box G is provided with a crescent-shaped opening, G2, having a slide-door, G3, adjustable in guides, as a means of regulating the force of the draft, the dust-box G', as shown in Fig. 4, being inclosed with a correspondinglyshaped cover. (()n'iitted in Fig. l.)

As mechanism for adjusting the supply of cotton i'ed to feed-cylinder C, I employ the racks M, disposed in suitable vertical guides, and secured to each wall ofthe twosided receptacle A, and also arrange coincident cogwheels M', having journals integral therewith, in said walls, in such manner that the teeth of each cog-wheel mesh in the teeth of its corresponding rack, its motion being restrained as against the descent of the rack shaft of the cog-wheel M', which causes the rack-bars M, carrying the fender, to ascend or descend, and to be held in the desired position by means of pawl N3 and ratchet N. The pivotal bearing of the pawl N3 projects a short distance through receptacle A, and can be conveniently engaged with or released from the ratchet by the hand when desiring to reverse the cog-wheels M', and thereby raise the fender N2.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is ,f

1. In a cotton cleaner and feeder, the picking mechanism, the dust-box F, and the dust iue P, having oar l22 and door P", in combination with the fan dustbox G', having opening G2, slide-door G, and fan G, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

2. In a cotton cleaner and feeder, the receptacle A, provided with suitable screens, the adjustable fender N2, fan-wheel L', cylinders C and D, and toothed bar l1, all combined substantially as shown and described In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN S. DANIELL. lvitnesscs:

J. E. WHITAKER, A. M. HnLMs. 

